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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.107310
Category:Denial of Service
Title:OpenVPN 2.4.x < 2.4.6 DoS Vulnerability - Windows
Summary:OpenVPN is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
OpenVPN is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
openvpnserv.exe (aka the interactive service helper) in OpenVPN 2.4.x before
2.4.6 allows a local attacker to cause a double-free of memory by sending a malformed request to the interactive
service. This could cause a denial-of-service through memory corruption or possibly have unspecified other impact
including privilege escalation.

Affected Software/OS:
OpenVPN version 2.4.x before 2.4.6.

Solution:
Upgrade to OpenVPN version 2.4.6 or later.

CVSS Score:
4.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-9336
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-09
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2018&m=slackware-security.568761
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